Two actors, man and woman, a cameraman and an assistant are
located in the underground car park. The camera has a link to the
projector in the auditorium. The actors are equipped with two small
microphones (linked as well to the auditorium). In the hall itself
a speaker for voice over is standing behind a public that is
already watching films on the screen in front. A technician is
doing the screening, having a script in his hand and a CD with
different music pieces. Via walkie-talkie he is in contact with the
assistant in the garage. 2nd German-French
Shortfilm-Rendevous, digital video screening program.

The credits of the last film are on; Vaudeville is on its
starting point. "Title is on line." The technician
starts the first music piece. Still twelve seconds. "You
are on line, go!" A wide shot of the parking garage is on
screen. The actor enters the scene. He starts talking. No sound.
"Fuck, his mic is not switched on! - What? - There is a
second button that must be turned on! - Pass over the
walkie-talkie. Listen, Sebastian, tell Birk to go into a close
shot. Than you crawl to the actor, you search for that button,
switch it on and clear off again. Don't stop the action. Repeat
the music. Ã OK. Sound is there. Clear off." The film goes
on. Nobody notices the speaker staying in the back of the hall
reading the voice over into the microphone.

The live-film comes to its end. The actors run away from the
camera that follows them. Credits. July 29, 2001. The crew
enters the auditorium, and - joint by the speaker - is racing in
front of the audience. The public is slightly surprised by the
energetic and theatrical ending. Salutations. The next film is
starting. Only at the end of the program, the audience is informed
about the fact that Vaudeville was performed life. Hardly anyone
has noticed it, even with the concrete date in the credits of the
very same day of the screening. But what is more: People have seen
cuts in the film. They would not believe that it was a
plan-sequence.